Apple Sues OpenAI Over Trade Secrets as Meta Muscles Up on AI

Apple has filed a sweeping lawsuit against OpenAI, alleging a sustained campaign to steal confidential hardware trade secrets as OpenAI expands into consumer devices. On today's Techstrong Gang, Mike Vizard, Alan Shimel, Stephen Foskett, Elizabeth Safran and Yvette Schmitter break down Apple's claims against OpenAI, its hardware unit io Products, and two named former Apple engineers — plus what it means for the now-unraveling Apple-OpenAI partnership. Meta answers with three AI moves of its own: the Muse Spark 1.1 coding/agentic model aimed at OpenAI and Anthropic, an internal claim that its "Watermelon" model matches GPT-5.5, and a new AI cloud business to monetize its $125-145B infrastructure spend. Plus, backlash over Meta's consent-free Muse Image photo tool. And: SAP avoids an EU antitrust fine with a decade of licensing and support policy changes. Hosts: Mike Vizard, Alan Shimel Guests: Stephen Foskett, Elizabeth Safran, Yvette Schmitter